The effect of fuel cell operational conditions on the water content distribution in the polymer electrolyte membrane

Renewable Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3319-3331

  Tavakoli, B ^a   Roshandel, R ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fuel cell; Modeling; Polymer electrolyte membrane; Water content

Indexed keywords

CATALYST LAYERS; COMBINED EFFECT; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; CONTENT DISTRIBUTION; CRITICAL PROBLEMS; DENSITY VARIATIONS; ELECTRO-OSMOTIC DRAG; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; EXTERNAL LOADS; FLOW CHANNELS; FUEL CELL DESIGNS; GAS DIFFUSION; GOOD COMPATIBILITY; ISOTHERMAL MODELS; MODEL PREDICTION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; OVER POTENTIAL; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PEM FUEL CELL; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; REACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; SIMULATION RESULT; STEADY STATE; WATER FLUX; WATER TRANSPORT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MEMBRANES; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

WATER CONTENT;

CATALYST; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; FUEL CELL; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTHERM; MEMBRANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; OSMOSIS; OXYGEN; POLYMER; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 79960155545     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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